Bellini: Norma

Label: Sony
Category: Music

Average customer rating:

Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 2

UPC: 074643590228
EAN: 0074643590228
ASIN: B0000025G2

Release Date: 1997-04-01

Related Categories:

Bellini, Vincenzo

General

| Classical | Styles | Music

Bellini, Vincenzo

General

| Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Romantic (c.1820-1910)

| Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Italian

| Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Scotto, Renata

| Divas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Troyanos, Tatiana

| Divas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Classical Music

| Sony Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music

Opera & Vocal

| Sony Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music

Listmania:

Essential Bellini

Tracks:

Norma: Sinfonia
Norma: Act 1: Coro d'Introduzione e Cavatina - Ite sul colle (Oroveso, Coro)
Norma: Act 1: Recitativo e Cavatina - Svanir le voci! (Pollione, Flavio)
Norma: Act 1: Recitativo e Cavatina - Meco all'altar di Venere (Pollione)
Norma: Act 1: Recitativo e Cavatina - Odi? I suoi riti a compiere (Flavio, Coro, Pollione)
Norma: Act 1: Recitativo e Cavatina - Me protegge, me difende (Pollione, Flavio, Coro)
Norma: Act 1: Coro - Norma viene (Coro)
Norma: Act 1: Scena e Cavatina - Sediziose voci! (Norma, Oroveso, Coro)
Norma: Act 1: Scena e Cavatina - Casta diva (Norma, Coro)
Norma: Act 1: Scena e Cavatina - Fine al rito (Norma, Coro)
Norma: Act 1: Scena e Cavatina - Ah! Bello, a me ritorna (Norma, Coro)
Norma: Act 1: Scena e Duetto - Sgombra e la sacra selva (Adalgisa)
Norma: Act 1: Scena e Duetto - Deh! Proteggimi, o Dio! (Adalgisa)
Norma: Act 1: Scena e Duetto - Eccola! Va, mi lascia (Pollione, Adalgisa)
Norma: Act 1: Scena e Duetto - Va, crudele, al Dio spietato (Pollione, Adalgisa)
Norma: Act 1: Scena e Duetto - Vieni in Roma, ah, vieni, o cara (Pollione, Adalgisa)
Norma: Act 1: Scena e Duetto - Vanne, e li cela entrambi (Norma, Clotilde)
Norma: Act 1: Scena e Duetto - Adalgisa! - Alma, costanza! (Norma, Adalgisa)
Norma: Act 1: Scena e Duetto - Oh! Rimembranza! Io fui cosi (Norma, Adalgisa)
Norma: Act 1: Scena e Terzetto - Finale Primo - Ma di': l'amato giovane (Norma, Adalgisa, Pollione)

Tracks:

Norma: Act 1: Scena e Terzetto - Finale Primo - Oh, non tremare (Norma, Adalgisa)
Norma: Act 1: Scena e Terzetto - Finale Primo - Oh! Di qual dei tu vittima (Norma, Pollione, Adalgisa)
Norma: Act 2: Introduzione
Norma: Act 2: Scena - Dormono entrambi - Tener, teneri figli (Norma, Clotilde)
Norma: Act 2: Scena e Duetto - Me chiami, o Norma (Adalgisa, Norma)
Norma: Act 2: Scena e Duetto - Deh! Con te, con te li prendi (Norma, Adalgisa)
Norma: Act 2: Scena e Duetto - Mira, o Norma, a' tuoi ginocchi (Adalgisa, Norma)
Norma: Act 2: Scena e Duetto - Si, fino all'ore (Norma, Adalgisa)
Norma: Act 2: Coro e Sortita d'Oroveso - Non parti! (Coro)
Norma: Act 2: Coro e Sortita d'Oroveso - Guerrieri! A voi venirne (Oroveso, Coro)
Norma: Act 2: Coro e Sortita d'Oroveso - Ah! Del Tebro al giogo indegno (Oroveso, Coro)
Norma: Act 2: Scena - Ei tornera (Norma, Clotilde)
Norma: Act 2: Scena - Squilla il bronzo del Dio! - Norma! Che fu? (Oroveso, Coro, Norma)
Norma: Act 2: Scena - Guerra, guerra! (Norma, Oroveso, Coro)
Norma: Act 2: Scena e Duetto - Ne compi il rito, o Norma? (Oroveso, Norma, Clotilde, Coro)
Norma: Act 2: Scena e Duetto - Sacrilego nemico (Oroveso, Pollione, Norma, Coro)
Norma: Act 2: Scena e Duetto - In mia man alfin tu sei (Norma, Pollione)
Norma: Act 2: Scena ed Aria finale - Dammi quel ferro! (Pollione, Norma, Oroveso, Coro)
Norma: Act 2: Scena ed Aria finale - Qual cor tradisti (Norma, Pollione, Oroveso, Coro)
Norma: Act 2: Scena ed Aria finale - Norma! Deh! Norma, scolpati! (Oroveso, Coro, Pollione, Norma)
Norma: Act 2: Scena ed Aria finale - Deh! Non volerli vittime (Norma, Pollione, Oroveso, Coro)

Similar Items:

Wagner: Die Walküre

Customer Reviews:

I'm going to have to eat mud but..........2005-04-10

I must pass my verdict on this recording. Earlier this year I said that I thought that Caballe's 1974 Norma with Vickers and Veasey was the second-greatest interpretation of the role after Callas' Norma. I obviously didn't see this one on the rack! Never before have I heard the duets sung in the original keys, plus the beautiful aria Casta Diva, sung to perfection in yet again the original keys, with such drama! Scotto may not have the frightening lower registers that Callas put in the middle of her voice (unhealthy for her cords, but extremely exciting!!!), but she gave this Norma a life that not even Sutherland, Caballe, Sills, Anderson, Cerquetti, or Gruberova could touch. Christine Goerke, another modern Norma, couldn't even come close with Scotto's interpretation! This Norma truly is a revelation! Norma is my favorite opera, and I'm usually EXTREMELY picky about the Normas that sing this role, and Scotto comes close to my ideal Norma as any diva ever could. She at least had a Norma with a soul! Thankfully! From her entrance recitativo, Sediziose voci, each word is carefully sung with detail that could never be sung by any other Norma after Callas. Her Casta Diva is heavenly, and her duets with Adalgisa are beautiful! Her Deh! Non volerli vittime touches me deeply, and I'm glad that she recorded this role. The Adalgisa in this recording Tatania Troyanos, sings with a tenderness that I have found only in Christa Ludwig's Adalgisa. Montserrat Caballe was simply too much of a soprano to sing the role. I thought her voice fit Adalgisa beautifully, and she does sound young! She sounds even better here than she did in the Met Norma with Sutherland. Giacomini sings Pollione with a fire I haven't heard since Vicker's reading of the role. Very impressive indeed. And then Paul Plishka, the baritone/bass who sings the role of Oroveso with grace and style...and what a voice! He does Sweeney Todd well too, might I add? James Levine, the definitive Metropolitan Opera conductor, gives this performance quite the fast reading for my taste, but then slimming the performance down to two CD's gives this Norma a very "LIVE" feel. He does conduct with excitement though, and he still gives this a much better reading that Bonynge's two studio Normas with his wife. Highly recommended!

I can't wait until Renée Fleming sings the role of Norma. To see her sing the role of the Druid Priestess along with Vesselina Kasarova would be such a treat! Patrick Summers would make such a great conductor for such a performance, and believe it would be a good idea to cast either Marcello Giordani or Ben Heppner as Pollione. Paul Plishka or Samuel Ramey would be fine choices for Orovesos. Since Renata Scotto loves to work with Renée Fleming, I think she would be a great help in preparing Renée for this very very demanding role (Lilli Lehmann herself said that she would rather have three Gotterdammerung Brunhilldes in one night rather than one Norma).

A Gripping Norma.......2001-04-27

Renata Scotto's Norma has all of the elements that one loves in Maria Callas' Norma, but Scotto has her own unique take on this role, with her own special voice, which I would never compare to Callas', whose 1955 live Norma is unbeatable. But this set has many treasures, Casta Diva, e.g. and a lot of dramatic power between Scotto and Troyanos in the great duets, O Rimembranza, and Mira O Norma!..the opened cuts are welcome, and while the conducting is not very good this gives Renata Scotto the chance to take over and delve into the title role as she loves to do with bel canto pieces, and find the sources of power in the Bellini score, a search that eludes so many, including Sutherland and Caballe. Renata rules here.

A great opera, and seering dramatics all through it.

For even more spectacular interpretations get Scotto with Muti in Norma LIVE...Bellini with the artistic commitment he deserves.

This Norma IS alive!.......2000-01-26

I was knocked over with this Norma. It was simply moving, very dramatic, and beyond description. I must say, I am a Callas and Sutherland fan, and their Normas were for me unmatchable, that is until this one. Scotto reminds me more of Callas, with her harsh sounds, but she has the vocal skills in many ways more like Sutherland. And she has her own unique characterization that only adds to this extremely difficult opera.

Troyanos is wonderful as Adalgisa and blends remarkably well with Scotto. Sadly, as good as the other leads are, they just didn't leave a lasting impression -- and that is not too surprising as they haven't that much to sing.

As a note for those accustomed to the added high note endings in Sutherland recordings, and in some Callas ones too, and cut postludes ( which are at times extremely interesting ), this recording restores much of those cuts, and one hears passages where Adalgisa ascends higher than Norma. Bellini's original conception that closes the first act ( no high D written here ) is actually very refreshing to hear. The additional music, amounting to only a few bars really, in the Mira Norma duet give a much grander ending than usually one is accustomed to with the cuts. This is an all-round good buy. The stereo sound is good too.

Miss Scotto is superb!.......1999-11-19

Miss Renata Scotto is superb in this belcanto masterpiese. In my opinion, she is the only genuine heiress of Maria Callas.

Music CD:

Music CD

Music CD

Music CD

Al Filo Del Pantalon ~ Marvin Santiago

Soy el Mismo ~ Pegasso del Pollo Esteban

Live & Dirty, Vol. 6 ~ Redd Foxx

A Place with a View ~ Celeste Howard

Blue Scarlett ~ Russ Reinberg

Blue ~ John Stevens

12 Super Exitos ~ Gary Hobbs

20 Kilates Musicales ~ Humildes Hermanos Ayala

Los Inmortales ~ Lola Beltran

Las Reinas de Espana ~ Isabel Pantoja, Rocio Jurado